Budget and National Debt

Reducing Federal Reserve transparency under Kevin Warsh could increase market uncertainty and create greater opportunities for insider influence and corruption.

The projected Social Security shortfall reflects decades of upward income redistribution and is significantly smaller than the military spending increase proposed by the Trump administration.

Trump’s military spending proposal would dramatically increase defense costs while far exceeding the price of many domestic programs that often receive greater scrutiny.

Trump’s massive military budget proposal highlights how enormous spending increases often go underexamined without meaningful context.

Trump’s focus on military spending over health care highlights a costly shift away from programs Americans rely on.

The war with Iran is not only a humanitarian crisis but a costly economic shock, raising prices, straining global supplies, and locking the US into higher military spending for years.

The Trump administration reportedly wants $200 billion for its war on Iran. Over the past year, they have cut spending — mostly on health care and food assistance — equal to that amount.

Trump’s proposed $200 billion for war in Iran represents a significant share of the federal budget, far exceeding commonly debated spending items and highlighting how misleading raw dollar figures can be without context.

Media are not doing a good job explaining the ways that Trump lies about the economy.

Donald Trump is proposing to give out $2,000 tariff ‘rebate checks,’ but will anyone check the math on this gimmick?